Trey V. Wenger. B.A. IN ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS, summa cum laude Aug May 2013

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1 Trey V. Wenger ASTROPHYSICIST Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, 530 McCormick Road,, USA tvwenger Research interests: Milky Way structure; interstellar medium; HII regions; high-mass star formation; galaxy formation and evolution; radio recombination lines Education University of Virginia PH.D. IN ASTRONOMY, M.S. IN ASTRONOMY Dissertation: Structure in the Milky Way Aug Present Boston University B.A. IN ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS, summa cum laude Aug May 2013 Employment Research Assistant UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Research: the morphological and chemical structure of the Galaxy as probed by high-mass star forming regions. Aug Present Teaching Assistant UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Aug May 2016 Introduction to Cosmology (Undergraduate) Research Methods in Astrophysics (Undergraduate) Observational Astronomy (Graduate) Introduction to Cosmology (Undergraduate) Observational Astronomy (Undergraduate) Duties: guest lectures, office hours, observational labs, assignment and exam grading. Instructor UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Jul Aug 2014 Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (Undergraduate) Duties: course design, lectures, assignment and exam design and grading, observational labs. Research Assistant BOSTON UNIVERSITY Aug May 2013 Advisor: T. M. Bania, Boston University Research: helium and carbon radio recombination line properties in the HII Region Discovery Survey. REU Student NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY Jun Aug 2012 Research: helium and carbon radio recombination line properties in the HII Region Discovery Survey. REU Student Puerto Rico ARECIBO OBSERVATORY May Aug 2011 Advisor: Tapasi Ghosh and Chris Salter, Arecibo Observatory Research: searching for transients in the Galactic Arecibo L-band Feed Array Continuum Transit Survey (GALFACTS). Assistant Curator, J. B. Coit Observatory BOSTON UNIVERSITY Jun May 2013 Duties: maintain and service telescopes, assist at open houses, maintain lab equipment. FEBRUARY 12, 2018 TREY V. WENGER CURRICULUM VITAE 1

2 Skills Languages Programming Scripting Web Software Operating Systems English (Native), French (Intermediate) Python, C/C++, Java, IDL BASH, TCSH HTML/HTML5, PHP, CSS, Javascript/JQuery L A TEX, EMACS, CASA, IRAF, Radex, GNUplot Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS), Mac, Windows Research Grants Graduate Research Fellowship, Virginia Space Grant Consortium Grote Reber Doctoral Fellowship, National Radio Astronomy Observatory 2016 Raven Fellowship, Raven Society Graduate Research Fellowship, Virginia Space Grant Consortium ARCS Scholarship, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Washington, D.C D.N. Batten Foundation Jefferson Fellowship, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Undergraduate Research Outreach Program Award, Boston University Boston, MA 2012 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates, National Radio Astronomy Observatory 2011 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Arecibo Observatory Puerto Rico Honors & Awards 2018 Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Award, 231st American Astronomical Society Meeting Washington, D.C Laurence W. Fredrick Teaching Award, University of Virginia 2015 First Place Award and Scholarship, Huskey Research Exhibition 2015 Inductee, Raven Society 2014 Second Place Award and Scholarship, Huskey Research Exhibition 2013 College Prize in Astronomy, Boston University Boston, MA 2013 Institute for Astrophysical Research Prize, Boston University Boston, MA Dean s List, Boston University Boston, MA Professional Society Membership President, Raven Society 2015 Member, Raven Society 2013 Member, Phi Beta Kappa Boston, MA 2011 Junior Member, American Astronomical Society USA President, Boston University Astronomical Society Boston, MA Member, Boston University Astronomical Society Boston, MA Teaching Experience 2016 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cosmology (Undergraduate) UVA 2016 Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Astrophysics (Undergraduate) UVA 2015 Teaching Assistant, Observational Astronomy (Graduate) UVA 2015 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cosmology (Undergraduate) UVA 2014 Teaching Assistant, Observational Astronomy (Undergraduate) UVA 2014 Instructor, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (Undergraduate) UVA FEBRUARY 12, 2018 TREY V. WENGER CURRICULUM VITAE 2

3 Outreach & Service 2018 Organizer, Bob Rood Memorial Research Symposium President, Raven Society 2017 Member, UVA Astronomy Graduate Admissions Committee 2017 Organizer, Bob Rood Memorial Research Symposium Member, Raven Society Leadership Council 2016 Volunteer Speaker, Charlottesville Astronomical Society 2015 Organizer, Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue Research Symposium Co-founder, Astronomy Undergraduate Mentorship Program Volunteer Webmaster, UVA Astronomy Department Volunteer, Dark Skies, Bright Kids community outreach program Volunteer and Speaker, Charlottesville-area observatory open houses President, Boston University Astronomical Society Boston, MA Member, Boston University Astronomical Society Boston, MA Invited Talks May 2017 Lunch Talk, University of Tasmania Apr Research Symposium, Virginia Space Grant Consortium Research Conference Apr Research Symposium, ARCS Foundation Metro-Washington D.C. Chapter Mar Research Symposium, Bob Rood Memorial Research Symposium Nov Lunch Talk, Boston University Oct Research Symposium, ARCS Metro-Washington D.C. Chapter, National Academy of Sciences Sep Lunch Talk, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Apr Invited Talk, Charlottesville Astronomical Society Oct Research Symposium, Bob Rood Memorial Symposium Feb Research Symposium, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Hobart, TAS Williamsburg, VA Boston, MA Washington, D.C. Publications [1] Wenger, T. V., L. D. Anderson, D. S. Balser, and T. M. Bania. Kinematic Distances: A Monte Carlo Method. ApJ in press, February [2] M. Luisi, L. D. Anderson, D. S. Balser, Wenger, T. V., and T. M. Bania. Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Milky Way Disk. ApJ, 849:117, November [3] Wenger, T. V., A. A. Khan, N. G. Ferraro, D. S. Balser, W. P. Armentrout, L. D. Anderson, and T. M. Bania. Carbon Monoxide Observations Toward Star Forming Regions in the Outer Scutum-Centaurus Spiral Arm. ArXiv e-prints, November [4] L. D. Anderson, W. P. Armentrout, M. Luisi, T. M. Bania, D. S. Balser, and Wenger, T. V. A Green Bank Telescope Survey of Large Galactic HII Regions. ArXiv e-prints, October [5] B.-C. Koo, G. Park, W.-T. Kim, M. G. Lee, D. S. Balser, and Wenger, T. V. Tracing the Spiral Structure of the Outer Milky Way with Dense Atomic Hydrogen Gas. PASP, 129(9):094102, September [6] D. S. Balser, Wenger, T. V., W. M. Goss, K. E. Johnson, and A. A. Kepley. JVLA Observations of IC 342: Probing Star Formation in the Nucleus. ApJ, 844:73, July [7] C. Brown, C. Jordan, J. M. Dickey, L. D. Anderson, W. P. Armentrout, D. S. Balser, T. M. Bania, J. R. Dawson, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, and Wenger, T. V. The Southern H II Region Discovery Survey (SHRDS): Pilot Survey. AJ, 154:23, July [8] W. P. Armentrout, L. D. Anderson, D. S. Balser, T. M. Bania, T. M. Dame, and Wenger, T. V. High-Mass Star Formation in the Outer Scutum-Centaurus Arm. ArXiv e-prints, May FEBRUARY 12, 2018 TREY V. WENGER CURRICULUM VITAE 3

4 [9] M. Luisi, L. D. Anderson, D. S. Balser, T. M. Bania, and Wenger, T. V. H II Region Ionization of the Interstellar Medium: A Case Study of NGC Astrophysical Journal, 824:125, June [10] L. D. Anderson, W. P. Armentrout, B. M. Johnstone, T. M. Bania, D. S. Balser, Wenger, T. V., and V. Cunningham. Finding Distant Galactic HII Regions. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 221:26, December [11] L. D. Anderson, L. A. Hough, Wenger, T. V., T. M. Bania, and D. S. Balser. Untangling the Recombination Line Emission from H II Regions with Multiple Velocity Components. Astrophysical Journal, 810:42, September [12] D. S. Balser, Wenger, T. V., L. D. Anderson, and T. M. Bania. Azimuthal Metallicity Structure in the Milky Way Disk. Astrophysical Journal, 806:199, June [13] L. D. Anderson, T. M. Bania, D. S. Balser, V. Cunningham, Wenger, T. V., B. M. Johnstone, and W. P. Armentrout. The WISE Catalog of Galactic H II Regions. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 212:1, May [14] Wenger, T. V., T. M. Bania, D. S. Balser, and L. D. Anderson. The Green Bank Telescope H II Region Discovery Survey. IV. Helium and Carbon Recombination Lines. Astrophysical Journal, 764:34, February Conference Proceedings [15] L. E. Bittle, Wenger, T., K. E. Johnson, D. Angell, A. Burkhardt, B. Davis, A. Firebaugh, D. Hancock, W. Richardson, C. Rochford Hayes, S. Linden, S. Liss, A. Matthews, S. McNair, B. Prager, M. Pryal, and N. W. Troup. Dark Skies, Bright Kids Year 8. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 229 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [16] J. Shea, Wenger, T., D. S. Balser, L. D. Anderson, W. P. Armentrout, T. M. Bania, J. Dawson, J. Miller Dickey, C. Jordan, and N. M. McClure-Griffiths. The Southern HII Region Discovery Survey: Preliminary Results. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 229 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [17] Wenger, T., D. S. Balser, L. D. Anderson, and T. M. Bania. Metallicity Structure in the Milky Way Disk. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 229 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [18] Wenger, T. V., C. D. Wiens, K. E. Johnson, S. C. Gallagher, and P. Tzanavaris. The Importance of Compact Group Environments over Cosmic Time. In Mapping the Pathways of Galaxy Transformation Across Time and Space, August [19] Wenger, T. V., J. M. Dickey, C. Jordan, T. M. Bania, D. S. Balser, J. Dawson, L. D. Anderson, W. P. Armentrout, N. McClure-Griffiths, and C. Brown. The Southern HII Region Discovery Survey. In Star Formation, Magnetic Fields, and Diffuse Matter in the Galaxy: a Conference Honoring Richard Crutcher and Carl Heiles, May [20] W. P. Armentrout, L. D. Anderson, D. S. Balser, T. M. Bania, T. M. Dame, and Wenger, T. High-Mass Star Formation in the Outer Scutum-Centaurus Arm. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 227 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [21] J. Barnes, D. S. Balser, and Wenger, T. Probing Metallicity across the Milky Way Disk with the VLA. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 227 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [22] L. E. Bittle, K. E. Johnson, H. J. Borish, A. Burkhardt, A. Firebaugh, D. Hancock, C. Rochford Hayes, S. Linden, S. Liss, A. Matthews, B. Prager, M. Pryal, K. R. Sokal, N. W. Troup, and Wenger, T. Dark Skies, Bright Kids Year 7. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 227 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [23] M. Luisi, L. D. Anderson, D. S. Balser, T. M. Bania, and Wenger, T. Leaking Photons from the HII Region NGC In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 227 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January FEBRUARY 12, 2018 TREY V. WENGER CURRICULUM VITAE 4

5 [24] Wenger, T., J. Miller Dickey, C. Jordan, T. M. Bania, D. S. Balser, J. Dawson, L. D. Anderson, W. P. Armentrout, and N. McClure-Griffiths. The Southern HII Region Discovery Survey. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 227 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [25] C. Wiens, K. E. Johnson, Wenger, T., and L. Xiao. The Importance of Compact Group Environments Over Cosmic Time. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 227 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [26] D. S. Balser, L. D. Anderson, T. M. Bania, and Wenger, T. The GBT HII Region Discovery Survey: Galactic Structure. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 225 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [27] J. Kania, Wenger, T., T. Ghosh, and C. J. Salter. Variability Search in GALFACTS. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 225 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [28] S. Liss, N. W. Troup, K. E. Johnson, L. D. Barcos-Munoz, R. Beaton, L. Bittle, H. J. Borish, A. Burkhardt, J. Corby, J. Dean, D. Hancock, J. King, B. Prager, C. Romero, K. R. Sokal, S. Stierwalt, Wenger, T., and C. Zucker. Dark Skies, Bright Kids Year 6. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 225 of American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, page , January [29] B. Prager, K. E. Johnson, L. D. Barcos-Munoz, R. Beaton, L. Bittle, H. Borish, A. Burkhardt, J. Corby, G. Damke, J. Dean, G. Dorsey, D. Graninger, T. Lauck, S. Liss, A. Oza, S. Peacock, C. Romero, K. R. Sokal, S. Stierwalt, L. Walker, Wenger, T., and C. Zucker. Dark Skies, Bright Kids! Year 5. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 223, page , January [30] T. G. Brainerd, Wenger, T., and I. Agustsson. Cosmic Magnification in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In Probes of Dark Matter on Galaxy Scales, page , July [31] L. D. Anderson, T. M. Bania, D. S. Balser, and Wenger, T. Distant HII Regions in the Outer and Outer Scutum Centaurus Arms. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 222, page , June [32] Loren D. Anderson, Dana S. Balser, Thomas M. Bania, and Wenger, Trey. A WISE Extension of the GBT HRDS. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 221, page , January [33] Dana S. Balser, Loren D. Anderson, Thomas M. Bania, and Wenger, Trey. Probing Metallicity Across the Galactic Disk with the GBT. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 221, page , January [34] T. G. Brainerd, Wenger, T. V., and I. Agustsson. Cosmic Magnification in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 221, page , January [35] Wenger, Trey, Thomas M. Bania, Dana S. Balser, and Loren D. Anderson. The Green Bank Telescope H II Region Discovery Survey IV. Helium and Carbon Recombination Lines. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 221, page , January [36] Wenger, T., S. Barenfeld, T. Ghosh, and C. Salter. Reduction and Analysis of GALFACTS Data in Search of Compact Variable Sources. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 219, page , January [37] T. G. Brainerd and Wenger, T. V. A Preliminary Analysis of Cosmic Magnification of SDSS Galaxies. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 218, page , May Published Code [38] Wenger, T. V., D. S. Balser, L. D. Anderson, and T. M. Bania. KDUtils: Kinematic Distance Utilities. Astrophysics Source Code Library, December [39] Wenger, T. V., A. K. Kepley, and D. S. Balser. HRM: HII Region Models. Astrophysics Source Code Library, July [40] T. Bania, Wenger, T., D. Balser, and L. Anderson. TMBIDL: Single dish radio astronomy data reduction package. Astrophysics Source Code Library, May FEBRUARY 12, 2018 TREY V. WENGER CURRICULUM VITAE 5